Dubliner Imelda May has revealed how she felt following her marriage split and how she is coping as a single mother.

Imelda, 42, split from her husband of 13 years Darrel Higham who was also her guitarist in July 2015.

She revealed how she felt "crap" following the split and has denied that he left the hit band because of their marriage break-up.

Speaking exclusively to RSVP Magazine the Liberties singer said her former husband intended to leave.

She added: “He was leaving the band anyway. Everyone thinks that he left the band because we split up, but for a few years he had wanted to leave and do his own thing musically. We were in a band together for seven years, but we had been gigging separately before that for about 15 years so he missed that.

“He loved being in my band, but that point came where he missed doing his own thing, so it was quite a healthy and happy conversation between us.

“I knew he needed to go in a different direction and he knew I did too.

“So it was all very normal and amicable even, in terms of that before we split, we were both happy with that.

“Someone asked me was I scared to do it without him, but I did it for years without him, this is what I do.”